Albert taubert



No Model.

A. TAUBERT.

BRACKET.

No. 586,881. Patented July 20, 1897,

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNirn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT TAUBERT, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

B RACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,881, dated July 20, 1897. Application filed February 6, 1897, Serial No. 622,834. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT TAUBERT, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brackets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a bracket adapted to carry a curtain, electric lights, or any other article or articles, the bracket being so constructed that it may be projected across a given space or opening in a convenient and expeditious manner or manipulated to uncover or disclose the entire space over which the bracket is to be projected or any predetermined amount of said space.

A further object of the invention is to construct the bracket in such manner that the articles carried thereby will not be crushed or injured when the bracket is contracted or closed upon itself and whereby, further, said bracket may be swung at any desired angle to its support.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of the bracket closed. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the bracket opened; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sec tion through the lazy-tongs portion of the bracket, looking in the direction of the sup port for said bracket.

Any desired support A maybe provided for the bracket, and upon this support an upper and a lower bearing are firmly secured. A guide'rod 11 is fitted to turn in the bearings 10, the guide-rod being held in a predetermined position, after having been turned, by means of a set-screw 12 or its equivalent, the set-screw being preferably located in the upper bearing, as shown in Fig.

Two sleeves 13 and let are located on the guide-rod 11, the upper sleeve being attached to the guide-rod, while the lower sleeve H is mounted to slide on the rod. The upper sleeve 13 is provided with two arms 15 and 16, projected from opposite sides, one arm being usually carried in an upwardly direction and the other arm in a downwardly or reverse direction, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. A lazy-tongs B is pivoted at its inner end between the arms 15 and 10. At the center of the lazy-tongs B washers 17 are located between the members of the tongs, so that the various folding sections may not be brought too closely together, the washers 17 being shown as of disk form. Smaller washers 18 are located between the members of the lazytongs at the top, while corresponding wasl1- ers 19 are placed in similar positions at the bottom of the lazy-tongs. The members of the lazy-tongs at one face are carried above the members to which they are pivoted, and the members at the opposite face are carried below the members with which they are pivotally connected. The projecting members at the bottom are provided with apertures 20, and the projecting members at the top have apertures 20 made therein.

A screen or a support for electric lights or other articles is attached to the members of the lazy-tongs through the medium of either the upper or the lowerapertu resin their Inembers. The lower member of the lazy-tongs at its inner end on one side is carried downward to form an extension-arm 21. This extension-arm is pivotally connected with a ma nipulating arm or rod 22. The manipulating arm or rod preferably constitutes an extension of one of the lower members of the lazytongs slightly in advance of the member from which the extension-arm 21 is projected, but the manipulating-arn'i forms a portion of a member which is at the opposite side of the lazy-tongs to that at which the member is located from which the extcx'lsion-arm 21 is projected.

The manipulatingarm is pivoted at its lower end by means of a pivot pin or screw 23 with the lower or sliding sleeve 14.

In the drawings the lower portion of the inanipulating-arin is shown bowed outwardly or in direction in which the lazy-tongs are to be expanded or projected in order to form a convenient grip for the hand but it will be understood that the manipulating-arm 22 may be straight or have other shape than that illustrated. If, for example, the bracket is placed at one side of a cabinet or a fireplace and a screen is attached to the members of the lazy-tongs by carrying up the manipulating-arm 22 to the position shown in Fig. 2, the members of the lazy-tongs will be supported and will be projected across the cabinet at the point to be protected by said screen or across the opening of the fireplace, the weight at the free or outer end of the lazytongs serving to bind the sliding sleeve 14: on the guide-rod to such an extent that it will not leave the position to which it has been carried. A set-screw, however, may be carried by the sliding sleeve 14: to positively prevent the lazy-tongs slipping from the position to which it has been adjusted.

The arms 15 and 16 of the sleeve to which the lazy-ton gs is attached serves to brace said lazy-tongs and to guide it in a great measure in its opening and closing movements. As the guiderod 11 is free to turn in its bearings 10 the lazy-tongs and the manipulating-arm connected therewith may be carried to any desired angle with reference to the support A, so that at any time the bracket may be carried entirely out of the way of the opening of the article which the screen carried by the lazy-ton gs is adapted to cover, or wherein, when electric lights are supported by the lazy-tongs, said lights may be brought to convenient position for investigation, replacement, or other purposes.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A bracket consisting of a support, lazytongsconnected with said support, a manipulating-arm attached to the lazy-tongs near its connection with its su pport,an extension from the lazy-tongs at its supported end, connected with the manipulating-arm, and a guide upon which the manipulating arm has sliding movement, substantially as described.

2. In a bracket, a support, a guide -r0d mounted to turn upon said support, lazy-ton gs attached at one end of the guide-rod, a manipulating-arm connected with the lazy-ton gs between its ends and having sliding movement on the guide-rod, and an extension from the inner end of the lazy-ton gs, pivotally connected with the manipulating-arm, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a bracket, a support, a guide-rod held to turn in the support, a sleeve attached to said support, a locking device for the sleeve, lazy-tongs connected with said sleeve, a manipulating-arm connected with the lazy-ton gs between its ends and having sliding movement on the guide-rod, and a connection between the manipulating-arm and the attached end of the lazy-tongs, as and for the purpose specified.

4:. In a bracket, a support, a guide-rod, lazytongs attached to said guide-rod and having spacing devices between its members, a manipulatin g-arm connected with the lazy-tongs between its ends and having sliding movement on the guide-rod, and a connection between the manipulating-arm and the attached portion of the lazy-tongs, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination with a support, of a rod carried thereon, a lazy-tongs mounted on the rod, two arms respectively extended from members of the lazy-tongs and pivotally connected with each other, and a sleeve sliding on the rod and pivotally connected to one arm.

6. The combination with a support, of a sleeve having extensions projecting outward from the sleeve and curved oppositely to each other, and a lazy-tongs, two end members of which have their outer ends pivoted between the said extensions of the sleeve.

7. The combination with a support, of a pivotally-mounted lazy-tongs, a manipulating-arm extended from one member of said tongs, and means pivotally connected with said manipulating-arm and slidable on the support.

8. The combination of a lazy-tongs, a rod on which the lazy-tongs is mounted, a manipulating-arm extended from one member of the lazy-tongs, and means pivotally connected to the manipulating-arm and slidably mounted on the rod.

ALBERT TAUBER'I.

\Vitnesses:

J BERNARD ENGLISH, THEODORE Wool). 

